Historical Events In 1916

Aug 01   On this day in history hawaii National Park forms   

Aug 01   Viscount Hanworth, barrister on this day in history.   

Aug 02   On this day in history beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)   

Aug 02   Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 in the year 1916.   

Aug 02   On this day in history world War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.   

Aug 03   Australian Light Horse in battle of Romani, Egypt in the year 1916.   

Aug 03   Roger Casement, Irish nationalist (Easter uprising 1916), executed 51 on this day in history.   

Aug 04   On this day in history denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million   

Aug 04   US agrees to buy Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million on this day in history.   

Aug 05   George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31 in the year 1916.   

Aug 06   Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta on this day in history.   

Aug 07   On this day in history charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36   

Aug 08   A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Battle for Mouquet Farm in the year 1916.   

Aug 10   Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia in the year 1916.   

Aug 12   Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Paquerette photographed in Paris on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1916.   

Aug 14   On this day in history andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery (U of Glasgow)   

Aug 15   On this day in history aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer   

Aug 17   In the year 1916 bulgarian offensive in Macedonia   

Aug 17   On this day in history eleanor Steber, opera singer   

Aug 18   On this day in history edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36   

Aug 18   On this day in history elsa Morante, Italy, writer (L'isola di Arturo)   

Aug 19   Marie Wilson, Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma) in the year 1916.   

Aug 21   William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist on this day in history.   

Aug 22   In the year 1916 john Slater, London England, actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass)   

Aug 23   Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian in the year 1916.   

Aug 24   In the year 1916 official inauguration of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) The ACF coordinated the activities of the various State "patriotic funds" set up in 1914 to collect money to send comfort parcels to service personnel overseas   

Aug 25   In the year 1916 dept of Interior forms National Park Service   

Aug 25   In the year 1916 erich Von Stroheim Jr, actor/director (Napoleon, Sunset Blvd)   

Aug 25   On this day in history national Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior   

Aug 25   In the year 1916 the US National Park Service is established.   

Aug 26   In the year 1916 allan Leslie Merson, historian   

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Jan 01   Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of antonio Estevez, composer   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)   

Jan 03   In the year 1916 birth of bernard Greenhouse, American cellist   

Jan 04   Catherina Elisabeth "Tootje" Vreede, portrait painter was born in the year 1916.   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of robert Parrish, Columbus Ga, director (Casino Royale)   

Jan 04   In the year 1916 birth of lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)   

Jan 06   Philip Bezanson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Grenville M. Dodge, American Civil War Union Army Major General (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist, dies at 73 in the year 1916.   

Jan 15   Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850) died in the year 1916.   

Jan 16   In the year 1916 arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57   

Jan 22   On this day in history iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63   

Jan 29   On this day in history edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1916.